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Prof. RNDr. Jaromír Kolejka, CSc.

    Position
    Senior Research Scientist

ResearcherID: C-8165-2014

ORCID: 0000-0003-3927-4060

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    Fields of Specialty
  • Physical geography (mountain research, soil studies, floods)
  • Landscape studies (nature-human interactions in cultural landscape)
  • Disaster management (risk modelling and assessment)
  • GIS applications (in geography, spatial decision-making)
  • Regional geography (boreal landscapes, Europe, Mediterranean, Middle East)

Qualifications

    2020 Prof. in Landscape protection and utilizing, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Faculty of Natural Sciences

    2001 Doc. (Assoc. Prof.) in Physical Geography, Masaryk University in Brno, Faculty of Science

    1994 Technical environmental protection, Technische Universität, Dresden

    1984 CSc. (Ph.D.) in Environmental geography, Institute of Geography of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Brno

    1980 RNDr. (Dr. of natural sciences) in Physical geography, J.E. Purkyně University in Brno, Faculty of Science

    1979 Mgr. (MA) in General geography, J.E. Purkyně University in Brno, Faculty of Science

Professional career

    1980—1991 Institute of Geography, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences in Brno (researcher)

    1991—1999 Department of the Environment, Masaryk Univerzity in Brno, Faculty of Science (assistant professor)

    Since 1999 Department of Geography, Masaryk Univerzity in Brno, Faculty of Education (assistant professor, associate professor since 2001, professor since 2020)

    Since 2007 Institute of Geonics, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Department of Environmental Geography, Brno (senior research scientist)

Selected research projects (since 2015)

Selected publications (since 2015)

Papers in peer-reviewed journals (ISI/WOS)

  • Rapant, P., Kolejka, J. (2021): Dynamic Pluvial Flash Flooding Hazard Forecast Using Weather Radar Data. Remote Sensing, 13(15): 2943. Doi: 10.3390/rs13152943 (IF 2021 = 5.349)
  • Kolejka, J., Krejčí, T., Nováková, E. (2020): The Pre-industrial landscape in Moravia. The case study of inventory and analysis of the ancient land use structures in the Czech Republic). Land Use Policy, 97: 104712. Doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104712 (IF 2019 = 3.682)
  • Levandovska, N., Kolejka, J., Šera, B., Zarnovičan, H. (2020): The recreational potential of urban forests – an application of the assessment method. Šumarski list, 1–2: 53–63. Doi: 10.31298/sl.144.1-2.6 (IF 2019 = 0.451)
  • Kolejka, J., Plánka, L. (2018): Technical Report: The Development and Experience with UAV Research Applications in Former Czechoslovakia (1960s–1990s). Pure Applied Geophysics, 175: 3375–3390. Doi: 10.1007/s00024–018–1807–z (IF 2018 = 1.466)
  • Kolejka, J., Klimánek, M., Hrádek, M., Kirchner, K. (2017): Czech post–industrial landscapes in the border zone with Austria: Identification, typology and Value. Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Geographischen Gesellschaft – Band 159: 221–242. https://www.austriaca.at/0xc1aa5576%200x003aac7a.pdf (IF 2017 = 0.188)
  • Tlapáková, L., Žaloudík, J., Kolejka, J. (2017): Thematic survey of subsurface drainage systems in the Czech Republic. Journal of Maps, 13(2): 55–65. Doi: 10.1080/17445647.2016.1259129 (IF 2017 = 1.6)
  • Kolejka, J., Štrbík, J., Ruda, A. (2020): Průmyslové cukrovarnictví jako zásadní inovace druhé poloviny 19. století v přeměně říčních niv Moravy. Listy cukrovarnické a řepařské, 136(2): 81–87. http://www.cukr–listy.cz/on_line/2020/PDF/81–88.pdf (IF 2018 = 0.257)
  • Kolejka, J., Ruda A. (2017): Výběr metody účelové zonace území podle zastoupení objektů dědictví průmyslové společnosti: Příklad postindustriální kulturní krajiny Kamenicka. Geografie – Sborník České geografické společnosti, 122(3): 335–358. Doi: 10.37040/geografie2017122030335 (IF 2016 = 0.580)

Books and chapters in books

  • Kolejka, J., Batelková, K., Blaha, M., Buček, A., Kirchner, K., Krejčí, T., Nováková, E., Ondráček, S., Zapletalová, J. (2020). Pozoruhodné přírodně kulturní dědictví: Předindustriální krajina Moravy. 361 s. Ústav geoniky Akademie věd České republiky Ostrava v nakladatelství Soliton-team.
  • Kolejka, J., & Rapant, P. (2015). Scénáře podpory krizového řízení geoinformačními technologiemi: optimalizace aktivit při přívalové povodni, při ohrožení svahovými pohyby a toxické havárii na silnici a železnici. Ústav geoniky AV ČR a Vysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita Ostrava v nakladatelství Soliton.cz.

Memberships, Honorable Positions and other activities

  • Member of Czech Geographical Society
  • Member of Central Committee of Czech Geographical Society
  • Editorial board member of journal Životné prostredie (The Environment
  • Editorial board member of journal Geographia Technica
  • Head of South-Moravian regional Committee of Czech Geographical Society
  • Editorial board member of journal Riscuri si Catastrofe
  • 2nd secretary of National Geographic Committee of Czech Republic
  • Editorial board member of journal New World of Arctic
  • Editorial board member of journal Vestnik SVFU
  • Editorial board member of journal Vestnik PSRU
  • Peer-reviewer for WoS, Scopus and other journals, reviewer for scientific books